←Recommendations of 38 Cookies, 39 Reasons [a monologue]

  • Doug DeVita: 38 Cookies, 39 Reasons [a monologue] by Steven G. Martin
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    What I loved most about this script was its universality: we've ALL done this, and Martin nails all the possible reasons why with unstinting honesty and not a little self-deprecating humor. And yes, Steven, I do want milk with that.

    What I loved most about this script was its universality: we've ALL done this, and Martin nails all the possible reasons why with unstinting honesty and not a little self-deprecating humor. And yes, Steven, I do want milk with that.

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  • Jim Siering: 38 Cookies, 39 Reasons [a monologue] by Steven G. Martin
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    What an interesting concept. Each reason for eating a cookie is familiar and resonant with layers of emotion and identification in the minds of the audience. And then there’s the act of eating the cookies. Or not. Cool.

    What an interesting concept. Each reason for eating a cookie is familiar and resonant with layers of emotion and identification in the minds of the audience. And then there’s the act of eating the cookies. Or not. Cool.

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  • Matthew Weaver: 38 Cookies, 39 Reasons [a monologue] by Steven G. Martin
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    Martin takes a characteristically deep dive into material that will leave the audience as thoughtful as an audience ought to be after consuming a Steven G. Martin play. Why does Terry eat a family-size package of cookies? Is it any of our business? Well, no, but we in the audience will have some thoughts one way or another.
    Without so much as saying so, Martin turns the audience's eye in upon itself: Does one reason Terry offer make more sense to us than another? Whether we're on Terry's side or not, 38 REASONS will certainly leave us thinking.

    Martin takes a characteristically deep dive into material that will leave the audience as thoughtful as an audience ought to be after consuming a Steven G. Martin play. Why does Terry eat a family-size package of cookies? Is it any of our business? Well, no, but we in the audience will have some thoughts one way or another.
    Without so much as saying so, Martin turns the audience's eye in upon itself: Does one reason Terry offer make more sense to us than another? Whether we're on Terry's side or not, 38 REASONS will certainly leave us thinking.

    ”